Borton eventually confessed. 0

“… So, you’re saying you gave it to him?” 0

“Yes, yes, I did.”0

However, he confessed it in a way that made it as defensible as possible, by saying that he had just given it away. 0

“Why would you just give a Fireball scroll to that child?” 0

“I… I felt sorry for the kid who was trying to hawk a counterfeit scroll on the streets!”0

“… Why are you making up such an unbelievable lie? Earlier on, you said it was stolen and that he was a thief, and now you’re claiming that you gave it away out of pity?”0

“Y-yes, that’s right! I’m telling you that I just gave it away!” 0

Charlotte looked incredulous, as though she couldn’t believe he was expecting her to fall for such a lie. 0

I had thought this man incredibly stupid and stubborn when he just handed the Fireball scroll to me back then, but I was realizing that about him all over again.0

My annoyance began to boil over. 0

Charlotte easily debunked this guy’s lies, but he kept recycling the same obvious lies. 0

“Hey, old man. Do you think we’re fools or something? It’s obvious that you thought that the kid had a talent for drawing fake scrolls, and planned to use him to make counterfeit scrolls that you could sell yourself! You probably gave him the Fireball scroll and asked him to bring back a replica or something. But then, you began to regret what you did, and are now putting on a show!” 0

My irritation reached its peak, and I blurted out everything...0